Christie nominates Robert Mulcahy to CRDA

Gov. Chris Christie has nominated former Rutgers University athletic director and New Jersey Sports & Exposition Authority president Robert Mulcahy III to a post on the state Casino Reinvestment Development Authority.

Mulcahy’s nomination was one of 15 Christie filed with the state Senate on Thursday. The others include six people as members of the Pinelands Commission.

Mulcahy was president and CEO of the Sports Authority for 19 years, leaving in 1998 to become Rutgers’ athletic director. He held that post for 10 years, a stint that included the turnout of the university’s football program, until he was pushed out by Rutgers President Richard McCormick.

A registered Democrat, Mulcahy has been advising the Christie administration. CRDA is overseeing the creation of the new state managed Atlantic City tourism district. The Basking Ridge resident would replace Diane Lusk.

Christie also informed the Senate he intends to nominate three judges for the Palisades Interstate Park Municipal Court — Benjamin Kelsen of Teaneck, Dwight de Stefan of River Vale and Marc Raso of Oradell.

Also Thursday, the full Senate confirmed seven nominees that its Judiciary Committee had cleared earlier in the day: